Sept 9, 2024 22:07:39 GMT
Post by Marie Descartes on Sept 9, 2024 22:07:39 GMT
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[attr="class","header1"]MARIE DESCARTES
[attr="class","header2"]OVERVIEW
» NAME: Marie Descartes
» AGE: 24
» BIRTHDAY: Unknown, celebrates March 31st.
» GENDER: Transfemale
» PRONOUNS: She/Her
» SEXUALITY: Lesbian
» RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single
» AFFILIATION: Hero
» ALIAS: Titaness, The Monolithic Hero, Dr. Descartes
» OCCUPATION: Pro-Hero / Chief Medical Officer for Maxima Hero Agency
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Its safe to say that Marie practically lives in her own head. It's own sanctuary, her palace, and the one place in life she can completely control. She's disciplined herself to the point where almost every thought in her mind has some sort of practical purpose, though that doesn't necessarily mean they are all useful. Most of the time, Marie will come across like she's ignoring you, and there's a pretty decent likelihood that she is. Though even if she's fully invested, her mind would rattle with about 100 different alternate directions she could lead a conversation. Regardless, she absolutely hates being pulled from her own thoughts, and she hates chaos breaking her perfect mental organization.
Needless to say, she can be a little hard to communicate with. She understands its a flaw, though its one she's never really been able to overcome. Most of the time she emphasizes for anyone that has to talk to her, given just how difficult she can be. Its often said that actions speak louder than words, and oftentimes Marie will attempt to makeup for her lackluster words with actions. She would be the first person to remember an Ice Cream flavor you ordered 4 years ago and order it for you again, assuming you still liked it. Understanding her weaknesses, she's the first to defer to someone more qualified when it comes to pep talks, consoling a victim, or matters of the heart.
On the same token, she expects to be deferred to when the situation calls for it. Obviously, she's incredibly smart, and she knows it. Whenever a situation calls for academic knowledge or medical expertise, she knows she should be making the call. If her knowledge in one of these fields is ignored or overruled, she'd take it as a personal attack on her competence. Sometimes she struggles to realize how it comes off, but it does give her a bit of a prickly reputation. For all her poor people skills, she really does live for the sake of other people. She sees her gifts as just a natural way to aid the world around her, and her frustration often spawns from her feeling like she can't help people good enough.
A similar insecurity is just how she views herself. With all of her issues, she doesn't feel like she is a hero worth admiring. Beyond that, she often struggles with just being seen publicly. She's always the first to deflect any kind of attention, and would gladly accept a quieter role in the shadows if she could. Unfortunately for her, her quirk makes it incredibly difficult to avoid attention, and is most practically used in the field.
[attr="class","header2"]PERSONALITY
» POSITIVE TRAITS:✔ Dedicated | » NEGATIVE TRAITS:✘ Pragmatic |
»LIKES:✔ Learning | »DISLIKES:✘ Attention |
Its safe to say that Marie practically lives in her own head. It's own sanctuary, her palace, and the one place in life she can completely control. She's disciplined herself to the point where almost every thought in her mind has some sort of practical purpose, though that doesn't necessarily mean they are all useful. Most of the time, Marie will come across like she's ignoring you, and there's a pretty decent likelihood that she is. Though even if she's fully invested, her mind would rattle with about 100 different alternate directions she could lead a conversation. Regardless, she absolutely hates being pulled from her own thoughts, and she hates chaos breaking her perfect mental organization.
Needless to say, she can be a little hard to communicate with. She understands its a flaw, though its one she's never really been able to overcome. Most of the time she emphasizes for anyone that has to talk to her, given just how difficult she can be. Its often said that actions speak louder than words, and oftentimes Marie will attempt to makeup for her lackluster words with actions. She would be the first person to remember an Ice Cream flavor you ordered 4 years ago and order it for you again, assuming you still liked it. Understanding her weaknesses, she's the first to defer to someone more qualified when it comes to pep talks, consoling a victim, or matters of the heart.
On the same token, she expects to be deferred to when the situation calls for it. Obviously, she's incredibly smart, and she knows it. Whenever a situation calls for academic knowledge or medical expertise, she knows she should be making the call. If her knowledge in one of these fields is ignored or overruled, she'd take it as a personal attack on her competence. Sometimes she struggles to realize how it comes off, but it does give her a bit of a prickly reputation. For all her poor people skills, she really does live for the sake of other people. She sees her gifts as just a natural way to aid the world around her, and her frustration often spawns from her feeling like she can't help people good enough.
A similar insecurity is just how she views herself. With all of her issues, she doesn't feel like she is a hero worth admiring. Beyond that, she often struggles with just being seen publicly. She's always the first to deflect any kind of attention, and would gladly accept a quieter role in the shadows if she could. Unfortunately for her, her quirk makes it incredibly difficult to avoid attention, and is most practically used in the field.
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» HEIGHT: 5'0" (varies)
» WEIGHT: 130 lbs (varies)
» EYE COLOR: Purple
» HAIR COLOR: Purple
» SKIN COLOR: Pale White
» FACE CLAIM NAME: Raiden Shogun
» FACE CLAIM SERIES: Genshin Impact
Marie may not seem like it, but she's incredibly self-conscious about her appearance. She puts in an extensive amount of work before even daring to step foot in public. She attempts to carry herself like a model or celebrity, though that facade typically cracks away immediately once she starts talking. Her long purple hair is perfectly kept, styled in a way to perfectly accentuate her lavender eyes. She's not the tallest around (normally), but she's much stronger than she looks. She's decently busty as well, much to her own embarrassment. Her outfits are meticulously designed and often on the cutting edge of fashion. She can easily freak out if she realizes her outfit might be a tad out of season. Like many aspects of her life, her appearance is just one program that exists to be optimized.
When practicing medicine, treating injured heroes or conducting research, she wears a fairly standard white labcoat. She prefers to keep them on the shorter side, since she often has to move around a lot. Like most of her outfits, she prefers to pair the clinical whites with her own brand of purple. She'll also forgo her contacts for more traditional glasses when she needs perfect accuracy.
On the other hand, she's a completely different person alone. She prioritizes comfort over all else, and often wearing the baggiest clothing that she can. Her typical favorites involve a hoodie and sweatpants, though that varies based off the weather. She wouldn't be want to caught dead dressing like this, but it is when she feels happiest. Beyond just staying at home and playing video games, she will only dress casually around people she trusts the most.
And below all of her clothing she wears a fairly plain black jumpsuit. Unlike her more fashionable outfits, this is worn purely for its utility. Being made of a special fabric, it will actually grow alongside Marie comfortably. People have often encouraged her to do something more unique with her heroic attire, but she never considered it worth the extra investment it would take to make it.
[attr="class","header2"]APPEARANCE
» HEIGHT: 5'0" (varies)
» WEIGHT: 130 lbs (varies)
» EYE COLOR: Purple
» HAIR COLOR: Purple
» SKIN COLOR: Pale White
» FACE CLAIM NAME: Raiden Shogun
» FACE CLAIM SERIES: Genshin Impact
Marie may not seem like it, but she's incredibly self-conscious about her appearance. She puts in an extensive amount of work before even daring to step foot in public. She attempts to carry herself like a model or celebrity, though that facade typically cracks away immediately once she starts talking. Her long purple hair is perfectly kept, styled in a way to perfectly accentuate her lavender eyes. She's not the tallest around (normally), but she's much stronger than she looks. She's decently busty as well, much to her own embarrassment. Her outfits are meticulously designed and often on the cutting edge of fashion. She can easily freak out if she realizes her outfit might be a tad out of season. Like many aspects of her life, her appearance is just one program that exists to be optimized.
When practicing medicine, treating injured heroes or conducting research, she wears a fairly standard white labcoat. She prefers to keep them on the shorter side, since she often has to move around a lot. Like most of her outfits, she prefers to pair the clinical whites with her own brand of purple. She'll also forgo her contacts for more traditional glasses when she needs perfect accuracy.
On the other hand, she's a completely different person alone. She prioritizes comfort over all else, and often wearing the baggiest clothing that she can. Her typical favorites involve a hoodie and sweatpants, though that varies based off the weather. She wouldn't be want to caught dead dressing like this, but it is when she feels happiest. Beyond just staying at home and playing video games, she will only dress casually around people she trusts the most.
And below all of her clothing she wears a fairly plain black jumpsuit. Unlike her more fashionable outfits, this is worn purely for its utility. Being made of a special fabric, it will actually grow alongside Marie comfortably. People have often encouraged her to do something more unique with her heroic attire, but she never considered it worth the extra investment it would take to make it.
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For as long as Marie could remember, she had a book in her hand. Before Marie could walk, she remembered reading. Before Marie could say a word, she remembered reading. Before she's ever seen the sunlight, she remembered reading. And before having her own name, Marie remembered sticking her nose in whatever book she could get her hands on.
The circumstances of her own birth are a mystery to her, and one she's not particularly fussed with solving. Did she have loving parents? That seemed unlikely. Was she left at an orphanage? That was somewhat probable. Was she a virgin birth? Any logic would dictate not, but she also couldn't rule it out. What she did know was where she ended up, and just why she ended up there.
Just outside of London, some upstart and incredibly unregulated geneticists set up their own little underground farm. Marie was just one of the lucky children raised in the program, though they would simply call her Subject 8. Unfortunately that number would always feel much closer to her real name. It was the first thing she'd ever respond to, and it was the symbol branded permanently onto her upper back.
The researchers were attempting to understand and manipulate quirk biology in a way any government would deem immoral. Innocent children be damned, they were going to achieve their goals. To this day, Marie doesn't fully understand what those goals were. Were they attempting to weaponize them? Possibly. What is some sort of indoctrination? Maybe. Was her own quirk even natural? Unfortunately she'll never know.
Strangely enough, there was a library. Marie wasn't sure why captured children were given that particular luxury, but she figured it must have played into their goals somehow. None of the other children really spent their time there, but she couldn't blame them. Its not like they knew how to read, and she was no different. But she learned. Starting from square one was surprising easy at such an early stage in life.
Whenever she was free of the experiments, she'd pour herself into some new book. By the time she was 6, her efforts were noticed by the various scientists. That, or maybe something in her test results interested them. Either way, they would spend hours with her in the library. They taught her how to speak, what her own number was, and how the words in the library were all linked together. It was a strange connection in hindsight, but it changed her entire limited worldview.
Just as she was truly discovering the wonders of education, the heroes would arrive. It happened when her and the other children were asleep, though the commotion easily woke them. The whole situation was a massive blur, both literally and figuratively. In the span of a few hours, she was finally taken out of the lab and saw the sun for the first time. Understandably, she cried.
Over the next weeks, the subjects would all be taken in by a boarding school, with specialized courses to try and get them caught up on normal existence. Though, Marie naturally stood out from the other subjects. Her almost single-minded desire to learn had remained, and set her well above her peers. Though this cycle would repeat itself when she was transferred to join the regular students. For years she would consistently overperform expectations of every educator she worked with.
Along with academic success came a new challenge. Forming her own identity and self-worth took her many years. For as much as she thought, she hardly ever thought of herself. Lacking her own dreams or aspirations, it seemed logical to pursue the dreams and aspirations of others. From her understanding, becoming both a medical practitioner and hero seemed like the most effective way to do so. Her quirk was objectively one of the more useful in terms of public safety, and her academic skill seemed uniquely poised to the rigorous of medical school. Beyond that, it felt like the next evolution of her experience. Her body was already used in the further research of quirks, she figured she could continue that practice more ethically.
With a new objective as a guiding light, she finally started to grow into her own person. To signify this, she finally chose a name for herself. She'd name herself Marie Descartes, after both an inspirational chemist and philosopher. Though it did confuse some of her caretakers, considering she was assigned male at birth.
Given her savant status, she continued to push the limits of her own success. She'd achieve her doctorate from Oxford at the age of 18, only to immediately enter U.A. to pursue a professional hero license. While she had a bit more difficulty with the four year program, she would graduate again at 22 years old. With all of the education necessary to pursue both of her passions, it became quite obvious how hard it was to balance it all. Though she would eventually find a job opportunity that let her do both.
While Maxima was a bit loud and excessive for her tastes, it was easy to recognize the good they did. It also happened that they had a practical use for both a hero and a doctor specialized in treating heroes. The fact that she could lead the medical staff certainly sweetened the deal. Unfortunately for her, she'll just have to get used to the limelight...
[attr="class","header2"]HISTORY
For as long as Marie could remember, she had a book in her hand. Before Marie could walk, she remembered reading. Before Marie could say a word, she remembered reading. Before she's ever seen the sunlight, she remembered reading. And before having her own name, Marie remembered sticking her nose in whatever book she could get her hands on.
The circumstances of her own birth are a mystery to her, and one she's not particularly fussed with solving. Did she have loving parents? That seemed unlikely. Was she left at an orphanage? That was somewhat probable. Was she a virgin birth? Any logic would dictate not, but she also couldn't rule it out. What she did know was where she ended up, and just why she ended up there.
Just outside of London, some upstart and incredibly unregulated geneticists set up their own little underground farm. Marie was just one of the lucky children raised in the program, though they would simply call her Subject 8. Unfortunately that number would always feel much closer to her real name. It was the first thing she'd ever respond to, and it was the symbol branded permanently onto her upper back.
The researchers were attempting to understand and manipulate quirk biology in a way any government would deem immoral. Innocent children be damned, they were going to achieve their goals. To this day, Marie doesn't fully understand what those goals were. Were they attempting to weaponize them? Possibly. What is some sort of indoctrination? Maybe. Was her own quirk even natural? Unfortunately she'll never know.
Strangely enough, there was a library. Marie wasn't sure why captured children were given that particular luxury, but she figured it must have played into their goals somehow. None of the other children really spent their time there, but she couldn't blame them. Its not like they knew how to read, and she was no different. But she learned. Starting from square one was surprising easy at such an early stage in life.
Whenever she was free of the experiments, she'd pour herself into some new book. By the time she was 6, her efforts were noticed by the various scientists. That, or maybe something in her test results interested them. Either way, they would spend hours with her in the library. They taught her how to speak, what her own number was, and how the words in the library were all linked together. It was a strange connection in hindsight, but it changed her entire limited worldview.
Just as she was truly discovering the wonders of education, the heroes would arrive. It happened when her and the other children were asleep, though the commotion easily woke them. The whole situation was a massive blur, both literally and figuratively. In the span of a few hours, she was finally taken out of the lab and saw the sun for the first time. Understandably, she cried.
Over the next weeks, the subjects would all be taken in by a boarding school, with specialized courses to try and get them caught up on normal existence. Though, Marie naturally stood out from the other subjects. Her almost single-minded desire to learn had remained, and set her well above her peers. Though this cycle would repeat itself when she was transferred to join the regular students. For years she would consistently overperform expectations of every educator she worked with.
Along with academic success came a new challenge. Forming her own identity and self-worth took her many years. For as much as she thought, she hardly ever thought of herself. Lacking her own dreams or aspirations, it seemed logical to pursue the dreams and aspirations of others. From her understanding, becoming both a medical practitioner and hero seemed like the most effective way to do so. Her quirk was objectively one of the more useful in terms of public safety, and her academic skill seemed uniquely poised to the rigorous of medical school. Beyond that, it felt like the next evolution of her experience. Her body was already used in the further research of quirks, she figured she could continue that practice more ethically.
With a new objective as a guiding light, she finally started to grow into her own person. To signify this, she finally chose a name for herself. She'd name herself Marie Descartes, after both an inspirational chemist and philosopher. Though it did confuse some of her caretakers, considering she was assigned male at birth.
Given her savant status, she continued to push the limits of her own success. She'd achieve her doctorate from Oxford at the age of 18, only to immediately enter U.A. to pursue a professional hero license. While she had a bit more difficulty with the four year program, she would graduate again at 22 years old. With all of the education necessary to pursue both of her passions, it became quite obvious how hard it was to balance it all. Though she would eventually find a job opportunity that let her do both.
While Maxima was a bit loud and excessive for her tastes, it was easy to recognize the good they did. It also happened that they had a practical use for both a hero and a doctor specialized in treating heroes. The fact that she could lead the medical staff certainly sweetened the deal. Unfortunately for her, she'll just have to get used to the limelight...
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Typical essentials for modern life. Purse, smartphone, beauty products, wallet, identification, etc. Almost always will carry some kind of book on her, genre will vary based off mood. Keeps a small first aid kit on her wherever she goes.
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Typical essentials for modern life. Purse, smartphone, beauty products, wallet, identification, etc. Almost always will carry some kind of book on her, genre will vary based off mood. Keeps a small first aid kit on her wherever she goes.
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[attr="class","header2"]ATTRIBUTES
| » AWARENESS (D-) | » SPEED (D) |
| » DEXTERITY (D-) | » STRENGTH (C+) |
| » DURABILITY(C) | » VITALITY (D) |
Limit Breakers: 11 Available | 2/45 Used
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EQUIPMENT NAME: Super Flexible Jumpsuit
EQUIPMENT RANK: D-
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER: A hero outfitting store
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: A fairly simple black jumpsuit which Marie wears underneath her normal clothing. Unlike anything else she wears, the fabric is specialized to grow to gigantic size with her. It maintains the same fit regardless of whatever size she ends up at, suffering no stretch marks or tears with constant use.
[attr="class","header2"]EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT NAME: Super Flexible Jumpsuit
EQUIPMENT RANK: D-
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER: A hero outfitting store
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: A fairly simple black jumpsuit which Marie wears underneath her normal clothing. Unlike anything else she wears, the fabric is specialized to grow to gigantic size with her. It maintains the same fit regardless of whatever size she ends up at, suffering no stretch marks or tears with constant use.
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QUIRK NAME: Larger than Life
QUIRK RANK: S+
QUIRK TYPE: Transformation
QUIRK DESCRIPTION: This quirk gives Marie the ability to rapidly increase the size of her body up to massive proportions. The maximum size she can attain is a staggering 100 feet tall, and she can freely stop growing at any size in between. She also has the power to reduce herself in size, but nowhere below her starting height of 5 feet tall. Assuming she stays conscious and engaged, she can remain at an increased size for as long as she wants. However, if she is ever knocked out or incapacitated somehow, she automatically reverts to her normal size.
QUIRK DRAWBACKS:
- As she gets bigger, it becomes incredibly hard to be precise with her movements and attacks. Not only is it harder to see tinier targets, aiming massive attacks at them is even harder.
- Her attacks can pretty easily cause problems for her allies or civilians if they end up near one of her targets. Not to mention collateral damage that could be caused by staggering her or knocking her over.
- Her increased size makes her unable to dodge most enemy attacks, between her being a massive target and evasive maneuvers requiring precise footwork. Taking just about every hit enemies throw at her is very taxing on her durability.
- While she can alter her size at will, rapid size changing will cause her to feel a dramatic sense of vertigo. Usually her mind needs to adjust to her new size before she can properly act. The more size-changing she does in a short timeframe, the most delirious and fatigued she ends up being.
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[attr="class","header2"]QUIRK
QUIRK NAME: Larger than Life
QUIRK RANK: S+
QUIRK TYPE: Transformation
QUIRK DESCRIPTION: This quirk gives Marie the ability to rapidly increase the size of her body up to massive proportions. The maximum size she can attain is a staggering 100 feet tall, and she can freely stop growing at any size in between. She also has the power to reduce herself in size, but nowhere below her starting height of 5 feet tall. Assuming she stays conscious and engaged, she can remain at an increased size for as long as she wants. However, if she is ever knocked out or incapacitated somehow, she automatically reverts to her normal size.
QUIRK DRAWBACKS:
- As she gets bigger, it becomes incredibly hard to be precise with her movements and attacks. Not only is it harder to see tinier targets, aiming massive attacks at them is even harder.
- Her attacks can pretty easily cause problems for her allies or civilians if they end up near one of her targets. Not to mention collateral damage that could be caused by staggering her or knocking her over.
- Her increased size makes her unable to dodge most enemy attacks, between her being a massive target and evasive maneuvers requiring precise footwork. Taking just about every hit enemies throw at her is very taxing on her durability.
- While she can alter her size at will, rapid size changing will cause her to feel a dramatic sense of vertigo. Usually her mind needs to adjust to her new size before she can properly act. The more size-changing she does in a short timeframe, the most delirious and fatigued she ends up being.
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SKILL NAME: Medical Expertise
SKILL RANK: A
SKILL DESCRIPTION: Marie graduated from Oxford with a doctorate in Medicine, and currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Maxima Hero Agency. She's tailored her studies on treating patients with exotic quirks which often necessitate unique solutions. Beyond simply healing injured heroes, she also conducts independent research on differing biologys to prepare for future cases. She's also trained and prepared to administer field medicine, and has the wherewithal you'd expect from a combat medic. Luckily, she's also trained in using lollipops to calm apprehensive heroes and students.
SKILL NAME: Leet Gamer
SKILL RANK: D-
SKILL DESCRIPTION: She would never admit it, but she's a pretty serious gamer in her spare time. You wouldn't wanna mess with her on the server.
[attr="class","header2"]SKILLS
SKILL NAME: Medical Expertise
SKILL RANK: A
SKILL DESCRIPTION: Marie graduated from Oxford with a doctorate in Medicine, and currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Maxima Hero Agency. She's tailored her studies on treating patients with exotic quirks which often necessitate unique solutions. Beyond simply healing injured heroes, she also conducts independent research on differing biologys to prepare for future cases. She's also trained and prepared to administer field medicine, and has the wherewithal you'd expect from a combat medic. Luckily, she's also trained in using lollipops to calm apprehensive heroes and students.
SKILL NAME: Leet Gamer
SKILL RANK: D-
SKILL DESCRIPTION: She would never admit it, but she's a pretty serious gamer in her spare time. You wouldn't wanna mess with her on the server.
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SUPERMOVE NAME: N/A
SUPERMOVE RANK: N/A
SUPERMOVE TYPE: N/A
SUPERMOVE DESCRIPTION: N/A
SUPERMOVE DRAWBACKS: N/A
[attr="class","header2"]SUPER MOVES
SUPERMOVE NAME: N/A
SUPERMOVE RANK: N/A
SUPERMOVE TYPE: N/A
SUPERMOVE DESCRIPTION: N/A
SUPERMOVE DRAWBACKS: N/A
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